Correlation between sperm parameters and sperm DNA fragmentation in fertile and infertile men

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Sheikh, Nasrin ^a   Amiri, Iraj ^b   Farimani, Marzieh ^b   Najafi, Rezven ^a   Hedeie, Jafar ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA integrity; Male infertility; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 54349127638     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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